<circle>

Baseline Widely available *

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

The <circle> SVG element is an SVG basic shape, used to draw circles based on a center point and a radius.

Usage context

Categories	Basic shape element, Graphics element, Shape element
Permitted content	Any number of the following elements, in any order: Animation elements Descriptive elements

Attributes

cx: The x-axis coordinate of the center of the circle. Value type: <length> | <percentage>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
cy: The y-axis coordinate of the center of the circle. Value type: <length> | <percentage>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
r: The radius of the circle. A value lower or equal to zero disables rendering of the circle. Value type: <length> | <percentage>; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
pathLength: The total length for the circle's circumference, in user units. Value type: <number>; Default value: none; Animatable: yes

Note: Starting with SVG2, cx, cy, and r are Geometry Properties, meaning those attributes can also be used as CSS properties for that element.

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGCircleElement interface.

Example

<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="50" />
</svg>

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2> # CircleElement>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`circle`	1	12	1.5	8	3	18	4	14	2	1.0	3	2
`cx`	1	12	1.5	15	3	18	4	14	2	1.0	4.4	2
`cy`	1	12	1.5	15	3	18	4	14	2	1.0	4.4	2
`fill`	1	79	1.5	15	3	18	4	14	2	1.0	4.4	2
`r`	1	12	1.5	15	3	18	4	14	2	1.0	4.4	2
`systemLanguage`	1	12	12	8	3	18	14	14	2	1.0	3	2